Results of cement spacer sonication in the second stage of two-stage treatment of shoulder arthroplasty infection

Table 1 Age, index diagnosis and procedure, infection signs, CRP before the first revision, and result of the cultures of the patients included

Patient	Age	Index diagnosis	Index procedure	Infection signs	CRP	Cultures 1st
1	79	CA	RSA	Pain + component loosening	.53	Negative
2	68	FS	RSA	Pain + component loosening	.33	Negative
3	79	AF	HA	Fistula	.67	S. epidermidis
4	69	AF	HA	Pus at surgery	.29	Negative
5	77	AF	HA	Fistula	NR	Negative
6	81	PA	HA	Fistula	21.4	P. acnes
7	47	PA	HA	Pus at surgery	1.7	Negative
8	65	CA	RSA	Fistula	1.9	S. epidermidis
9	76	AF	RSA	Fistula	1.04	S. epidermidis + P. acnes
10	73	AF	RSA	Pus at surgery	.16	Negative
11	86	AF	HA	Fistula	.6	Negative
12	62	AF	HA	Pus at surgery	1.27	P. acnes
13	55	PA	HA	Pain	.26	P. acnes
14	51	CA	RSA	Pus at surgery + dislocation	NR	S. epidermidis
15	45	AF	HA	Pain	.48	P. acnes
16	46	FS	RSA	Pus at surgery + dislocation	.38	Negative
17	70	AF	HA	Pain	NR	S. epidermidis
18	61	FS	RSA	Pus at surgery + dislocation	1.02	P. acnes
19	75	AF	RSA	Pus at surgery	.67	Negative
20	76	FS	RSA	Pain	NR	E. faecalis + F. magna
21	72	CA	RSA	Pus at surgery	11.6	S. epidermidis + P. acnes

CA cuff arthropathy, FS fracture sequelae, AF acute fracture, PA primary osteoarthritis, RSA reverse shoulder arthroplasty, HA hemiarthroplasty, NR not reported

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